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[ghostmind]

Looks like they are starting early today with a preshow?

 

[British Monsoon]

Ugh, the pre-shows are real dull - especially without announcer Shibata-san there to entertain us with his wacky tie selection.

 

[ghostmind]

Wondering how Bullet Club vs Bullet Club is going to go here...

 

[British Monsoon]

Crowd give zero shits about this match, unfortunately.

 

[Showaddy]

Think that was always going to be an issue with these two unless they told a great story somehow.

 

[ghostmind]

Crowd give zero shits about this match, unfortunately.

I hope they pick up for DBS Jr. vs Nagata, because you could hear a pin drop during parts of this match.

 

[British Monsoon]

Well, wasn't expecting that outcome.

Not a bad match, just kinda dull.

 

[ghostmind]

Not even dubbing the entrances tonight? Most of the equipment already over at Korakuen Hall?

 

[British Monsoon]

Crowd woke up a little bit for that match, still not great though. And I'm getting fucked in the pick'ems so far. Need Yujiro to win this and get me back on track.

 

[British Monsoon]

Nothing terribly exciting in the first three matches, but hopefully this is where business picks up.

Koji vs Shibata!!

 

[ghostmind]

Shibata with a total no-sell of the machine-gun chops.

 

[ghostmind]

That was more like it!

 

[British Monsoon]

Very much enjoyed that, sick ending as well.

Karl vs Goto up next, former tag partners Sword & Guns collide!

*edit, yyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeaaahhh!! That fucking ruled, awesome finishing stretch.

 

[ghostmind]

Ok, that match rocked! Great work between Anderson and Goto and a kick-ass finishing sequence!

Anderson is better than any other gaijin (currently with NJPW) in connecting with the audience.

 

[Net_Wrecker]

WOW @ flipping Archer. That looked broken.

 

[ghostmind]

Shelton giving no fucks about Nak's entrance.

 

[British Monsoon]

Yeah, surprised he got Archer over for that. Was expecting him to try the Gotch-style piledriver again.

Pretty good match, Suzuki's been solid this G1 but none of his matches have reached that top level as of yet. He's wrestling AJ on the next show, though. And it's at Korakuen. I'm betting it'll be pretty great.

 

[Net_Wrecker]

Shelton giving no fucks about Nak's entrance.

Seems like a running gag at this point. Did it last year too.

 

[ghostmind]

The top of the A block is getting interesting...

 

[British Monsoon]

Wasn't a bad match, Nak's selling made the first half before he went into auto-pilot towards the end.

Real interested to see how AJ does with Tenzan.

 

[ghostmind]

Both Tenzan and AJ are putting a ton of effort into their matches, and it shows.

If this is Tenzan's last G1, he is going out strong.

 

[British Monsoon]

Yeah, very good effort from both guys. I really enjoyed seeing AJ have to figure out how to take the big man down and was surprised he got him up for the finish.

 

[ghostmind]

Main event time!

Let's see if Tanahashi can make it through this match in one piece.

 

[Foffy]

Ishii gonna kill em.

 

[ghostmind]

That was a good match, but by Ishii standards I don't think it measured up to some of the other ones he has been in this G1. The finish seemed weak as well.

 

[ghostmind]

Day 6 Top Matches
Anderson vs. Goto
Shibata vs. Kojima
Styles vs. Tenzan
Tanahashi vs. Ishii

 

[Net_Wrecker]

Good main event, solid show overall.

 

[British Monsoon]

I think it lacked some excitement because everyone knew Tana was getting his win back, but I really enjoyed the match and that was largely due to Ishii's on-point comebacks (that headbutt) and Tanahashi's structuring of the match.

Incidentally, the move he dunked Ishii on his head with before the High Fly Flow was the Twelve Six, which he rarely uses these days. I can't actually remember the last time he used it - anywho, during the match I was thinking "wow, Tanahashi's sure hitting a hell of a lot of slingblades" and then, lo and behold, he busts out not only the Twelve Six, but also the slingblade into a dragon suplex spot he hasn't much used recently either. Both big head drop moves that played on the repeated slingblades.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

Sounds like a solid night. Can't wait to get home and watch.

 

[ghostmind]

Day 6 post-match interviews:

http://youtu.be/uWZEiXPU_F0

 

[British Monsoon]

Just under 2 hours until Day 7;

NJPW, "G1 CLIMAX - DAY 7", 2014/08/01
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

18:30 JST | 11:30 EU | 10:30 UK | 05:30 EDT | 02:30 PDT

01. G1 Climax - Block A: Satoshi Kojima vs Shelton Benjamin
02. G1 Climax - Block B: Toru Yano vs Lance Archer
03. G1 Climax - Block B: Yujiro Takahashi vs Karl Anderson
04. G1 Climax - Block A: Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs Doc Gallows
05. G1 Climax - Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Hirooki Goto
06. G1 Climax - Block A: Tomoaki Honma vs Bad Luck Fale
07. G1 Climax - Block B: Togi Makabe vs Tetsuya Naito
08. G1 Climax - Block B: AJ Styles vs Minoru Suzuki
09. G1 Climax - Block A: Yuji Nagata vs Katsuyori Shibata
10. G1 Climax - Block A: Shinsuke Nakamura vs Tomohiro Ishii

A fairly top-heavy card here, top four matches all look to be pretty good. Tenzan vs Goto should be OK, given Tenzan's recent form and, while there aren't many stand-out matches in the first half, a usually-rowdy Korakuen crowd should be of some help.

 

[British Monsoon]

Starting now, Shelton vs Kojima up first. Korakuen looks packed.

 

[ghostmind]

And the dubbed intros are back!

Looking forward to that main event, and to see if Honma can prevail over Fale (probably not sadly)....

Also curious to see what the dynamic will be between Styles and Suzuki.

 

[ghostmind]

The stream just died for me.


EDIT: We are back!

Solid first match, what I could see of it at least.

 

[ghostmind]

YTR is making sure that nobody in the G1 has children again.

 

[British Monsoon]

I think Lance was surprised the crowd chanted LANCE AR-CHER!! along with him when he jacked Yano's taunt. Fun match though. I like Archer's finisher.

Now, let's see if Yujiro can get through a match without dropping his opponent...

 

[ghostmind]

Anderson is the face in this match.

 

[ghostmind]

This next match with Gallows vs DBS Jr. could be ugly.

Gallows gets zero reaction for his entrance. Ouch.

 

[British Monsoon]

Gallows does very little to stand out amongst the big gaijins in New Japan - Davey's technical as well as a powerhouse, Lance is a little crazy and has a sweet move-set, Fale's intimidating and has a well-protected finisher. Doc doesn't have much to work with, in comparison (and his finish sucks).

*edit, that was probably Doc's best match of the tournament yet. Love Davey Boy's catch suplex.

 

[ghostmind]

God damn the crowd is hot for Tenzan vs Goto!

Tenzan continuing his showcase of talent for this G1. He has totally exceeded expectations.

 

[British Monsoon]

Seriously, fantastic work by the old guy. He's kicking ass in the tournament, freaking loved that match with Goto.

 

[ghostmind]

The crowd wants Honma to win this so badly.

Really good match with Fale there. Honma took that Bad Luck Fall a bit hard on his neck.

 

[Net_Wrecker]

That was a nasty bump. Yikes Honma

 

[British Monsoon]

The crowd are going to explode when Honma finally gets his win (on the penultimate show against Shelton, I'd guess). And yeah, that was a fucking nasty-ass bump on the Bad Luck Fall. Honma is nuts.

 

[ghostmind]

Wow, this crowd really doesn't like Naito. Solid chants for Makabe and loud boos whenever Naito pulls off a move.

Even the heels like Bullet Club don't get boo-ed like this.

Holy shit, the crowd goes nuts when Naito's head gets rammed into the ringpost!

 

[British Monsoon]

Fuck, that was a brutal finish. Makabe's lariats were crazy painful-looking throughout.

Also, Korakuen's just about the most hardcore New Japan crowd - Naito's managed to turn the negative reactions around pretty much everywhere else, but not Korakuen it seems and certainly not in a face vs face match.

 

[ghostmind]

Of all the wrestlers in New Japan, Suzuki is the one I would least want to anger.

 

[Net_Wrecker]

That exchange by AJ + Suzuki was great.

 

[ghostmind]

Lesson learned for Bullet Club - do not do that finger-gun to the head thing on Suzuki. He does not like it.

 

[Net_Wrecker]

What a great match that was. Loved all the countering.